"Kealoha. It even has a cell number," said Wong, looking at the back of a wooden piece of art of circling Koi fish.

"He was an innovator and a philosopher. He just loved doing it," said Wong of her father Andy.

Andy's Drive-In opened in Kailua in 1957.

It was the first one on the Windward side.

It would be one of many firsts said Wong. Her father Andy died of cancer at the age of 57 in 1985.

"He was the first in the islands to serve a pizza, San Francisco sourdough bread, real Vienna sausage from Chicago, Coquille St. Jaques, even the first to serve pasta," Lori rambled on, looking at a pile of old menus.

That restaurant, along with Orson's, Chinese Chuckwagon, Wong's Okazu-Ya, Byron's Steak House were among 19 establishments opened by the Wong family from diners to top-tier dining.

"Drum roll please! Da da da da da!" Wong drummed on a counter top as she rolled out an Orson's menu scroll printed on parchment paper.

From a cardboard box, out came nearly six decades of work; restaurant names emblazoned on menus, t-shirts caps, and postcards.

"He wanted to bring it back to Hawaii to share it with the people of Hawaii," said Wong.

Andy opened 14 restaurants. Lori opened five more. Her mother Marian was only 16 when it all began.

"It was crazy, but it was fun," said Marian.

"It's been her life, then I thought about it, and it's been my life too!" said Lori.

"Maybe it's time to retire," said Marian.

"And Byron's Drive-In has been though it all," Lori concluded.

In their final days, it's all about the memories.

"If it weren't for him we may not have Walker's Deluxe! I take it to his grave every year and pour a little sip for him," laughs Lori.

"I'm going to miss them," said Kiyosaski.

"Your grease will always be a part of my clogged arteries," one heart affectionately read, customers showing their appreciation for the family's sweat, sacrifice and time, appreciative of a family that served the islands so well.

"It's all the customers and the staff working together," said Arakaki.

"It's hard to say goodbye," admitted Marian.

"Mahalo, and thank you so much for a really good time," said Lori.

Marian said she loves traveling and thinks she'll hit Malaysia next.

Lori said she's been holding cooking classes, and hopes to do more, along with a bit of traveling too.

Byron's closed its doors on Feb. 28, 2013.

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